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Squirrel Haven Medburn Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland NE20 0JB

16/02566/FELTPOApplication to Fell Protected TreeApproved

Approved on 13 October 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Tree preservation order to crown lift two Ash trees to 5m, crown reduce one Cherry tree to 2m (30%), fell one Cherry tree and crown lift two Sycamore trees to 5m

Received
21 July 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Ponteland West
Agent
BWS (NE) Ltd
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target13 Oct
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Squirrel Haven Medburn Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland NE20 0JB. Northumberland (County) has handled 1,426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Ponteland West. We hold 1,594 applications in total for the NE20 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Northumberland County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE20 0JB
Application type
Application to Fell Protected Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ponteland

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2016
Consultation expiry
9 September 2016
Consultation start
13 October 2016
Consultation end
9 September 2016
Last date for comments
9 September 2016
Target decision date
13 October 2016
Permission expires
13 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
BWS (NE) Ltd
Agent address
122 Darras Road Darras Hall Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland NE20 9PG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Northumberland (County)

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